You might try the Smith Museum of Stained Glass on Navy Pier in Chicago

Janet L. Gallimore, Director
Lake County Discovery Museum
Greenbelt Cultural Center
27277 Forest Preserve Dr.
Wauconda, IL 60084
Phone - (847) 968-3380
Fax - (847) 526-0024
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Hello all,

This is perplexing me. A friend's husband does stained glass and for
Christmas, i wanted to get him a book on the history of stained glass and how
to interpret Cathedral windows. I have found very little on the subject.
There are plenty of books on stained glass patterns, modern stained glass,
and stained glass coloring books, but little on stained glass as an art form
in history. I even called the National Cathedral and they don't have anything
on their stained glass windows.  There are a few books that are out of print
or are way over $100.

I remember hearing from church tours that medieval stained glass told stories
and had a lot of symbolism in the pictures that a person living at that time
would recognize. Would this be the same for all medieval art as well? I
looked in books on medieval art but there is little, if anything about
stained glass in those as well.

If anyone has any leads on where I can find a book that explains medieval
stained glass in general, please let me know. I find this lack of information
very odd.

Thanks!

Deb

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